my good friend Simon Fuller.

You made the others look like good amateurs. ... You looked like a returning pro.

You've got quite a good voice, the problem I have is this looks to me like 10 years ago.

I don't like kids that are pushed into things by stage mums, but when I can see they are having a good time, they're excited and enjoying the process, then I think it's wrong to discriminate.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly rating out of pattern... I'm pretty good at understanding why things are becoming popular.